Myself and 5 other friends have finally started playing D&D again after about a year hiatus while our DM dealt with some family issues. Last night was our first game and it was great. Myself (a dwarven warrior with a charisma of 8) rolled a natural 20 to seduce the dwarven barmaid at the inn we started in, I lost a fight against a door (don't ask) and as a party we dispatched 5 goblins. It was amazing.
The battle was exciting as all get out. We struggled with a few things, such as attack rolls, on the character sheets for your abilities are all modifiers already presented when it says atk= 9 v ac, etc, just some technical stuff but we made it through.
I am looking for some advice though. I am trying my damnedest to foster an atmosphere in which all of the other players will really get into their characters. Myself and the DM seem to have very little trouble doing this as we have each played RPG's in one way or another, but the other players have NEVER played an RPG in their life. I would love some tips that I can pass onto them as to what is the best way to roleplay and present their character during sessions. Active versus passive voice, when you should use either, speaking about your characters actions in 3'rd person (we had one person do this, it struck me as really weird), taking decisions out of the DM's hands (one person would roll insight, then then decide what information she gleaned, not let the DM tell her), etc.
Do's and dont's lists would be amazing, common mistakes would be great, advice on what you to do get "in character" would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
PS. Hope I put this in the right section, was going to do general roleplaying but since we are playing 4E I decided this would be the best place.
The battle was exciting as all get out. We struggled with a few things, such as attack rolls, on the character sheets for your abilities are all modifiers already presented when it says atk= 9 v ac, etc, just some technical stuff but we made it through.
I am looking for some advice though. I am trying my damnedest to foster an atmosphere in which all of the other players will really get into their characters. Myself and the DM seem to have very little trouble doing this as we have each played RPG's in one way or another, but the other players have NEVER played an RPG in their life. I would love some tips that I can pass onto them as to what is the best way to roleplay and present their character during sessions. Active versus passive voice, when you should use either, speaking about your characters actions in 3'rd person (we had one person do this, it struck me as really weird), taking decisions out of the DM's hands (one person would roll insight, then then decide what information she gleaned, not let the DM tell her), etc.
Do's and dont's lists would be amazing, common mistakes would be great, advice on what you to do get "in character" would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
PS. Hope I put this in the right section, was going to do general roleplaying but since we are playing 4E I decided this would be the best place.